Alice in Chains, Soundgarden and the Smashing Pumpkins will headline the 2013 Rock on the Range
festival, organizers announced yesterday.

Expanded this year to a three-day affair, the hard-rock and metal showcase will be held May
17-19 in Columbus Crew Stadium, 1-71 at E. Hudson St.

Other main acts on the roster include Bush, Cheap Trick, Korn and Stone Sour. The high-volume
gathering has been staged annually in central Ohio since 2007. A comedy tent is new this year.

Some of the entertainment marks a rarity: Soundgarden, which reunited in 2010 after a
thirteen-year hiatus, hasn’t performed in Ohio for two decades. Alice in Chains has persevered
following the death of frontman Layne Staley. Korn, meanwhile, made headlines last fall after
performing with guitarist Brian “Head” Welch, who left the group to kick drugs and pursue
Christianity.

Discounted presale tickets — $89.50 for singles and $299 for a four-pack — are available
starting Jan. 30 via
www.rockontherange.com. General sales begin at 10 a.m.
on Feb. 1.